holm English

Meaning holm meaning

What does holm mean?

holm noun

— (obsolete, outside, dialects) The holly.

— A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.

holm noun

— An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.

— (dialect, chiefly, West Yorkshire, Scotland, Orkney) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.

— Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.

Synonyms holm synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as holm?

holm English » English

flood-lands

water-meadow

holm-oak

holm oak

holly-tree